Place:Osbaldwick, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameOsbaldwick
Alt namesOsbaldwicksource: from redirect
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates53.959°N 1.037°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoBulmer Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Flaxton Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Englandadministrative district 1974-1996
York, Yorkshire, Englandunitary authority of which it has been a part since 1996
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Osbaldwick (#15 on map) is a civil parish and a village since 1996 in the unitary authority of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. Osbaldwick is now effectively a suburb of York, about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the city, but between 1974 and 1996 it was located in the Ryedale District of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the UK census 2011 was 2,902.

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Osbaldwick was part of Flaxton Rural District. Historically, it was an ancient and ecclesiastical parish in the Bulmer Wapentake. Murton (#13) was a township in the ancient parsh of Osbaldwick.

It is named after Osbald, an earl in the kingdom of Northumbria who died in 799. In 1086 the manor was assessed with the city of York and the lands held by the Church of St Peter, York. It was the first Norman Archbishop of York that created the office of Prebend of Osbaldwick. The earliest mention of an incumbent of this office was of Richard le Brun in 1270. The office was de facto lord of the manor of the village. In 1852, the Church was allowed to sell off land and Osbaldwick Manor was sold to a Thomas Samuel Watkinson, later the Lord Mayor of York.

The village is home to Osbaldwick Hall, a Grade II listed building, and to the 12th century St. Thomas's church.

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Research tips

This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the North Riding to be found online. The volumes are divided into sections by wapentake (early divisions of the county) and the parishes within each wapentake follow in alphabetical order. The links above open to the indexes covering all the wapentakes in the volume.
  • GENUKI has a page on all three ridings of Yorkshire and pages for each of the ancient or ecclesiastical parishes in the county. Under each ancient parish there is a list of the settlements (townships and chapelries) within it and brief description of each. Many of these secondary settlements became civil parishes during the latter half of the 19th century.
These notes are based on a gazetteer dated 1835 and there may have been a number of alterations to the parish setup since then. However, it is worthwhile information for the pre civil registration era. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and the submitter is very firm about his copyright, but this should not stop anyone from reading the material.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, Yorkshire North Riding, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions which also include historical population and area statistics. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72.
  • Map of the North Riding divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Map of North Riding divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Another provider of maps is the National Library of Scotland. In this index the Scottish provision precedes the English one, but the choice of maps for England is still quite vast.
  • Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.
  • In March 2018 Ancestry announced that its file entitled "Yorkshire, England: Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873" has been expanded to include another 94 parishes (across the three ridings) and expected it to be expanded further during the year. The entries are taken from previously printed parish registers.
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